Profile
Dr. Pillai after his basic training in Pharmaceutical Sciences with Chemistry specialization, and decided to move to Science Management in 2010 after his 5 year tenure as a Fogarty Postdoctoral Fellow at NIH, USA, where he investigated several projects under the anti-malarial drug discovery programme. He worked as an advisor for Grants and Grants Manager at the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Hyderabad from 2010-2017 before moving to NCCS in April 2017 to establish the Project Management Cell. He is a Wellcome Trust DBT IRMI Fellow.
Current Focus Areas
Grants Management
Patents and its Management
Research Collaborations and Agreements
Selected Publications
Shyamananda Singh Mayengbam, Abhijeet Singh, Ajay Pillai, and Manoj Kumar Bhat, (2021) Influence of cholesterol on cancer progression and therapy, Translational Oncology, February, Page No 1-20
Osheen Sahay, Ganesh Kumar Barik, Tanisha Sharma, Ajay D Pillai, Srikanth Rapole, Manas Kumar Santra (2021), Damsel in distress calling on her knights: Illuminating the pioneering role of E3 ubiquitin ligases in guarding the genome integrity, DNA Repair, Page 1-14
Pillai, Ajay D, (2021), Conference Abstract: Challenges in IP licensing and Technology transfers in Academic Institutions, India Research Management Initiative (IRMI) Annual Conference, 2-5 February, 2021.
Pillai , Ajay D (2022), Greening the UnGreen: Re-envisioning Research Management Practices, NCURA Magazine, Page 58-59
Pillai , Ajay D (2022), Research Administration: An Academic Perspective, Write up for India Alliance: Advancing Discovery And Innovation. 1 Page